Reversible plow.



No. 627,879. Patented June 27, I899.

C. W. REED.

' REVERSIBLE PLOW.

(Application filed Sept. 29, 1898,)

imme/was m UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CULLIN V. REED, OF OWVOSSO, MICHIGAN.

REVERSIBLE PLOW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 627,879, dated June 27, 1899 Application filed September 29,1898. Serial No. 692,182. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, OULLIN W. REED, a citizen of the United States, residing at Owosso,

in the county of Shiawassee and State of Michigan, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Reversible Plows; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to plows, and has for its object to provide a simple, durable, and easily-operated reversible or double plow; and it consists in the parts and combinations of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure I is a side elevation of my improved plow; Fig. 2, a plan view of the same; Fig. 3, a detail plan view.

with the beam'removed; Fig. 4:, a perspective view of the draft-frameand the locking device for the beam; Fig. 5, a perspective view of the jointer, Fig. 6, a'similar view of the gatherer, and Fig. 7 a detail perspective view of the frog.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout all the views.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the plow-beam, and B the handles thereof. The beam is pivotally secured by a bolt 0 at the center of a draft-frame D, so as to be easily swung horizontally thereon. A short plate a is secured to the upper plate of the draftframe, and a similar plate I) is secured to the under side of the beam, in order to form wearplates and also to raise the beam off the draftframe a sufficient height to permit it to swing or pass over the walls of the locking device at each end of the draft-frame, as will now be described. At each end of the draft-frame is secured a block E, (see Fig. 4,) having a vertical projection or post 0 at one side and a wall or flange d at right angles to said projection or post, having an incliuedor beveled face, as at 7', in which is' formed a slot or recessc, adapted to receive the square head f of a locking-pinf, the upper end of which is pivotally connected to one arm of a bell-crank lever G, having its fulcrum in ears 9, secured to the beam A. The other arm of lever G is connected to a rod H, which extends back to and is pivotally connected with the upwardlyup by a spring 1'.

bent arm of a thumb-lever I, which is pivoted to one of-the handles of the beam and is held The pin F passes through a vertical opening in the beam A, and the latter is slotted at its handle end, as at h, so as to permit it to pass the projection or post 0 when the beam is reversed. Thus it will be observed that upon releasing the pin F by pressing down on the lever I the beam may be swung around on its bolt 0, the slot h permitting it to pass the posts or projections c, and when the head of pin F'strikes the inclined surface j of the wall it rides over the same and drops into the recess or slot e and locks the beam in place. jection c prevents the beam swinging .too far over at either end while being adjusted.

The block b is secured to the draft-frame D by a set-screw 70, passing through a slot Z in said block and. entering the draft-frame. The blocks may be thus adjusted laterally whenever it is desired to adjust the beam from a direct line of draft.

The draft-frame D is preferably cast or otherwise formed in one piece, and at the junction of its depending arms an eye or opening m is formed to receive. the bolt '11, which passes through the landside K and the guide-plate L. The moldboard M is secured to the landside K by means of a frog N, the flanges of which are bolted, respectively, to

The post orpro the landside and moldboard, as best shown in Fig.- 3, and which frog extends sufficiently forward to be bolted to the share 0, and thus with the brace-rods P, which are bolted to the'plate and the share, secure the share to the moldboard. The guide-plate L is formed with a flange 19, through which it is bolted to theinoldboard, as shown in Fig. 3. v

The moldboard is formed from a single sheet or plate of metal bent orotherwise formed on the lines of a cylinder and gradu ally tapered off on its edges to the rear or furrow end to a narrow point of sufficient width to lay the furrow and at its front end is adapted to receive the shares or points 0.. The points or shares are formed with'a series of scallops r on their cutting edges of equal depth throughout, and the inner ends of said shares or points are formed to continue the circular line of the front body portion of the moldboard, while the bodies of the shares or points are curved to continue the cylindrical shape of the moldboard. The-landside K is a metal plate having a straight front end 3, which acts as a colter, and with rounded or curved corners t at the rear end, as shown.

B is a jointer formed on lines similar to the moldboard and having scalloped cutting edges, which is bolted to the landside through an arm a at a point about on a line with the center of the front end of the moldboard and whose points extend to and in line with the colter edge of the landside.

S represents a curved gatherer or weedturner which is bolted when desired and after the removal of the jointer to the landside in order to turn over or down long grass, weeds, 850., so that the same may be covered by the slice when turned over by"the moldboard.

The moldboard is prevented tilting forward and turning over by means of a sleeve T, slidably arranged on the beam A and adapted to receive the end of the point or share therein. The sleeve is connected by a rod U to a ham dle-lever V, which is pivotally attached to a standard W, secured to the beam. Thus it will be understood that by pulling the lever V to the rear the sleeve will be drawn back on the beam to engage the plow point or share, and by throwing the lever forward the sleeve will be slid off the point or share, as shown in dotted lines, Fig. 1, and leave the same,

and of course the moldboard and landside, free to be reversed or turned over when the end of a furrow is reached or when desired. It will be observed that the moldboard and landside and guide plate turn on bolt 02, making a half-revolution vertically, and that this may be accomplished while the plow is moving by simply releasing the point from the sleeve which holds it against movement in a vertical direction, when the lower point or share catching in the earth will cause the plow to turn over in position to plow in the opposite direction when the beam is reversed or with unreversed beam to be drawn from the field without liability to injury, the rounded surface of the moldboard on its rear side and the rounded corners of the rear of the landside permitting it to readily pass over ob structions.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A reversible moldboard for plows formed on the lines of a cylinder and tapering to a narrow point at its furrow end, and cut out circular at its front end, and having shares or points in continuation of the circular shape of the front end of. the moldboard and bent to conform to the cylindrical shape of the body of the moldboard.

2. The combination, in a reversible plow having right and left moldboard and shares, the latter being arranged one above the other, of a landside and colter rigidly secured to said moldboard,

3. The combination, in a reversible plow, of a beam, a right and left moldboard formed in one piece, a landside rigidly secured to said moldboard, a draft-frame secured to the beam and arranged between and pivotally supporting said moldboard and landside, whereby the moldboard and landside may be reversed or turned over vertically.

4. The combination, in a reversible plow, of a beam, a right and left moldboard, a landside rigidly secured to said moldboard, a guide-plate arranged between said moldboard and landside, a bolt from said landside to said guide-plate, and a draft-frame secured to said beam and pivoted on said bolt between the guide-plate and the landside.

5. A landside for reversible plows consisting of a single sheet or plate having one end straight to form a colter and the other end formed with rounded corners.

6. The combination, in a reversible plow, of a beam, a draft-frame secured to said beam, a right and left moldboard, a landside secured to said moldboard, a guide-plate secured to said moldboard,and a bolthaving one end connected to the guideplate and the other to the landside to form a pivotal support, whereby the moldboard, landside and guide-plate may be vertically reversed.

7. The combination, in a reversible plow, of a reversible beam, a draft-frame pivotally connected to said beam, a vertically-reversible right and left moldboard, a landside rigidly secured to said moldboard,ineans for locking the moldboard to the beam, and means for locking the beam to the draft-frame after adjustment.

8. The combination, in a reversible plow, of a draft-frame, an adjustable block secured at each end to said draft-frame havinga projection or post and a wall at right angles to the projection or post formed with an inclined end and a slot, a beam pivoted to the draftframe and formed with a slot at one end, and a locking-pin carried by said beam.

9. The combination, in a reversible plow, of a beam, a right and left moldboard provided with shares or points, a landside rigidly secured to said moldboard, a sleeve slidably mounted on said beam to engage the shares, and means for operating said sleeve.

10. The combination, in a plow, of a right and left moldboard, a landside having one end forming a colter, secured to said moldboard, and a right and left jointer secured to said landside.

11. The combination, in a plow, of aright and left moldboard, a landside secured to said moldboard, and a'curved weed-gatherer secured to said landside.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CULLIN W. REED.

\Vitnesses:

HELEN E. PARKER, FRANK MONTGOMERY. 

